Stories About Quetta Sphinx

The sphinx is the composite creature with the women’s head and the loin’s body often represents an ancient art which is located in the valley of kings, Egypt. The head of the Sphinx is believed to portrait of the statue of King Khafre.

In 1923, the War Department chose the sphinx as the Symbol of Military Intelligence Officers’ Reserve Corps. The sphinx was considered to be a sign of strength and wisdom & medals were awarded composed in form of sphinx.

HISTORY OF QUETTA SPHNIX

The citizen of Quetta city used to avoid crossing the Baleli road at night where the Gora qabrastan (Christian Cemetery) is situated.

About 200 years the time of battle between the British and Afghan, the Quetta Sphinx was built in the memory of fallen British soldiers of these battles; it was destroyed by the religious fanatic in early 1990’s as the protest against the destruction of BABRI Masjid in India.

Back in the times of the British Raj, Quetta, the present capital of Balochistan, was a lovely little town. It was the western most cantonment of British India and gave straightforward access to Afghanistan. The flawlessly developed pilgrim structures, the cherry blooms and the snowfalls of Quetta named as Little London.

Nobody could imagine that one day this Egypt sphinx turn into mystical creature. Here’s the place it begins to get interesting

People notice that the goats and cattle going missing. Gradually the lonely travellers, men and shepherds alike fell prey to this scourge. Some people have claimed they have seen it on two legs others claimed that it ran on four legs. They called it as the MUM. The Egyptian sphinx was becomes the Baloch MUM.

It was said that the mum comes out during the night for prey. She used to take up the people in the cave.

Once she attacked on the military officer .At the same time the officer found the dairy in his pocket and he planned to save innocent people from this scourge (Mum). He started slitting the pages of his dairy on way to the cave so that it will help other military officers to found the MUM.

In morning when his fellows didn’t found him anywhere then they started searching him and they found the pages of his dairy . After following the paper marks they reached that cave and found officer in unconscious condition, he told them that she uses this cave for hiding herself. Military officers planned to kill her. Next night when she came out from her cave they shoot her at the spot.

The citizen of Quetta city used to avoid crossing the Baleli road at night where the Gora qabrastan (Christian Cemetery) is situated.

Still, I suggest that on cold Quetta nights, if you are feeling sentimental and wish to walk along the Baleli Road by the Christian Cemetery, keep it in the mind “THE MUM MIGHT BE WATCHING YOU!

Compiled and Written By : Fatima Younas